Ian McKellen
2 of 11 portraits by Malcolm Crowthers
© Malcolm Crowthers
Ian McKellen
by Malcolm Crowthers
chromogenic print, 1988
18 in. x 12 5/8 in. (457 mm x 320 mm) image size
Purchased, 2012
Photographs Collection
NPG x136369
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This portrait was taken for the cover of a 1988 recording of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale which was narrated by McKellen.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- First Exposure: Photographs 1961-2010 (22 June 2012 - 18 November 2012)
Events of 1988back to top
Current affairs
A Pan Am jumbo jet is brought down by a bomb over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground. The Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary launched Britain's largest criminal investigation before convicting a Libyan intelligence officer of planting the bomb.Art and science
Professor Stephen Hawking publishes his popular book on cosmology, A Brief History Of Time.Damien Hirst and his fellow Goldsmiths students organise the exhibition Freeze in a disused block in the Docklands. The exhibition launched the careers of many of the young British artists (YBAs) associated with Brit Art including Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Sarah Lucas, Angus Fairhurst, and Anya Gallaccio.
International
Iraq drops poison gas on the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, killing thousands of civilians. The city was held at the time by Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurdish rebels, although there was initially some debate over which side was responsible for the atrocity. It was the largest-scale chemical attack on civilians in modern times.Comments back to top
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